Zerocap

Key details

• Parent: Ryan McCall
• Launch: 2018

Overview

Zerocap is an Australian institutional digital-asset firm offering crypto OTC trading, regulated custody, structured products and asset management to institutions, family offices and high-net-worth clients [1, 2, au-cro]. Unlike retail exchanges, it focuses on the professional and wholesale market.

History

2018 — Zerocap founded in Melbourne by Ryan McCall to provide institutional-grade access to digital assets in Australia. 2020–2022 — builds out OTC trading, custody and structured-product offerings, positioning as a wholesale digital-asset desk. 2022 — obtains/operates under an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) and registers with AUSTRAC as a digital currency exchange provider. 2023–2025 — expands custody and tokenization services for institutional and HNW clients amid Australia's evolving digital-asset regulatory framework.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Zerocap Pty Ltd (Melbourne, Australia). Major shareholders: founder Ryan McCall and private investors (privately held; limited public disclosure). Regulators: ASIC (via AFSL) and AUSTRAC (digital currency exchange registration).

Technical integration

A web platform plus API and a human OTC desk rather than a mass-market mobile app. Supports BTC, ETH and other assets via crypto deposit addresses with institutional custody, settlement, structured products and AUD fiat on/off-ramps for wholesale clients.

Implementations & partners

Major competitors: [[kraken]] (institutional/OTC services) + [[coinbase]] (institutional custody/prime) and other Australian institutional digital-asset providers.

Status

Active, an Australian institution-focused digital-asset trading and custody firm [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Zerocap — official
• 2 Zerocap — Crunchbase
• au-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/AU-australia.md

Source

Biography extracted from zerocap.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.